Monthly Archives: November 2006

Persons making noninfringing uses of the following six classes of works will not be subject to the prohibition against circumventing access controls (17 U.S.C. § 1201(a)(1)) during the next three years. 1. Audiovisual works included in the educational library of a college or university’s film or media studies department, when circumvention is accomplished for the purpose of making compilations of portions of those works for educational use in the classroom…

This face says, “GOD! I am WAY TOO BUSY having a mouthful of braces and a hot-rolled ponytail to smile for you, Mom! GOD!” –bershon (flickr pool) The world needed a word to describe this attitude. I haven’t been able to trace its origin, though. Update: My German classes were a long time ago, but as I was driving to my parents’ house for Thanksgiving, I kept hearing the word…

Mr. Banks learns that the British Empire, its banks and many other manifestations of authority should be undermined, or at least taken less seriously. Life would be better if parents allowed themselves to dance like chimney sweeps and fly kites in the park. They shouldn’t just pay more attention to their children; they should become more like them. The movie’s liberatory spirit is, of course, out of the heart of…

About 300 eighth-graders at South Valley Junior High in Liberty, Mo., are blogging this fall about Guerrilla Season, a book about a 15-year-old living in Civil War-era Missouri. The book’s author, Pat Hughes, is joining in the online discussion from her home in Philadelphia. “I love being able to communicate with the author because it makes me feel like I can ask anything,” says Amy Lostroh, 13. “Most books you…

NASA scientists conceded on Tuesday that the 10-year-old Mars Global Surveyor is probably lost in space after the U.S. agency tried unsuccessfully for two weeks to contact the probe. –NASA’s Mars Global Surveyor believed lost in space (Reuters) This link will probably expire soon, so here’s Wikipedia’s Mars Global Surveyor page.

–Leonard Nimoy (Spock) – Music Video (YouTube) Watching this video caused me so much deep pain that the only way I could relieve it was to share it with you. You will probably feel either filthy or angry after watching it.

We got to go there – but not back again … Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh (who directed/wrote the Lord of the Rings films) –Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh Talk THE HOBBIT (The One Ring.net) Jackson and Walsh won’t be involved in The Hobbit movie or a planned prequel to The Lord of the Rings.